The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod is a retired maritime patrol aircraft developed and operated by the United Kingdom. It was an extensive modification of the de Havilland Comet, the world's first operational jet airliner.

Long-range ASW and maritime patrol aircraft developed from the Comet airliner. Hawker Siddeley HS801 Nimrod XV148 showing the passenger windows retained by the two prototypes. The Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft was an extensive modification of the De Havilland 106 Comet 4.

Sep 22, 2021 · The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod was primarily a maritime patrol aircraft in service with the Royal Air Force. The airplane was in service for an exceptionally long time, from the late 1960s up...

The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R1 is a signals intelligence (reconnaissance) aircraft formerly operated by the Royal Air Force.

Jun 28, 2011 · The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod was a maritime patrol aircraft developed and operated by the United Kingdom. It is an extensive modification of the de Havilland Comet, the world's first jet airliner.

'Nimrod 2000' (as it was initially named) would have nearly double the range of an MR.2, with modern new engines, almost entirely new avionics, a new modernised cockpit based on the A330 airliner, and support for a whole new array of surveillance and offensive equipment.

On 2 September 2006, a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod suffered an in-flight fire and subsequently crashed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing all fourteen crew members on board.

The BAe/Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, derived from the de Havilland Comet, was Britain’s primary maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft for decades. It featured advanced radar, magnetic anomaly detectors, and acoustic sensors, making it adept at submarine detection.

The Nimrod was arguably the best antisubmarine and Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft of the Cold War era. It was designed as a Royal Air Force maritime patrol aircraft, its major role being antisubmarine warfare (ASW), although it also had secondary roles in maritime surveillance, air-sea rescue and anti-surface warfare.

A few days later, on May 15 the Classic Air Force's Nimrod (XV232) took off from Wideawake with a 201 Sqn crew at the helm. It flew to a point 150 miles north of Port Stanley, then west until only 60 miles from the coast of Argentina, turning to fly north east, parallel to the coastline.